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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.

 

He said that he thought off politics right when (1)/ he was studying Intermediate and that (2)/ he had no fear of politics. (3)/ No error. (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Impetus

 

A) Implication B) Encouragement  
C) Evidence   D) Hinderance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Encouragement  

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Acquittied B) Acquitted  
C) Ecquited D) Acqiuteed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Acquitted  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

No dice

 

A) A great gamble.   B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.  
C) Be confident of the outcome.   D) Make false assurances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.  

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
 
 
People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.
 
 
that is wrong _________ the world.
 

A) at   B) to
C) with D) into
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

They told us that they had waited at the station for a long time.

A) They told us "We waited at the station for a long time". B) They told us "We had been waiting at the station for a long time".
C) They told us "We are waiting at the station for a long time". D) They told us "We wait at the station for a long time."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They told us "We waited at the station for a long time".

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

We often feel, in such an environment, that our social sphere _____________ around us. We can see, in quantitative values — the number of likes, re-posts, shares — the interest garnered by anything created by us. This makes social interaction slightly more ___________, when we start to think of it in number terms. It becomes easier to see it in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues. And _____________ that happens we are motivated to reveal only those parts of ____________ that we know will trigger a considerable quantitative response.

 

in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues

 

A) then B) that  
C) than D) which
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) than

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

In a work ____________ art, each layer and texture, colour ____________ perspective creates an individualistic vision, which can mean different things to different viewers and even to its creator at different points of time. The audience does not ____________ see the struggle or uncertainty of the _____________ process, only its outcome. And sometimes, ___________ in the case of icons, the passage of time reveals the glow within.

 

In a work ____________ art, each layer

 

 

A) of B) for
C) from D) at
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) of

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